RE: Baytex horizons in Clearwater - Update12 Aug 2023 09:43
"So only balanced they get some flak too." - so most wont have a problem with that except when you give them flak - its probably sensible as an investor to make sure the flak is justified and fair.
"Leading on perhaps, they should give time frames. Is it in 2yrs, 5yrs, when? and at what commodity price levels would it be more appropriate. Otherwise it's almost like an off the cuff statement."
Don't agree its an off the cuff remark - it was a response to a specific question and seeing that you are very good at joining the dots - I'm surprised that this response is not satisfactory. If I join the dots - it says to me that exploratory wells in this area are not a priority and perhaps they want to focus on bringing on production wells - after all you have been complaining about lack of growth in production - so should they not be focusing on this ?
"Clearly even at higher prices retained reserves were not being replaced, thereby confirming less was being made then what we were led to believe." - Is this correct - I suspect it is not ! Firstly what higher prices are you talking about ?? When they eventually made the Q1 announcement - it was clearly based on lower pricing than forecast. Secondly - did not aggressive spending on Capex play a role in retained earnings - I thought you were all for aggressive Capex spend.
Come on jolly - be fair !